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alexking · ‎04-25-2018

I had an idea up that was closed as it was a duplicate of this thread. Just moving my comment over here Have a user-defined list of units of measurement as part of the answer. It's important that a student understands the correct terminology, and not just how to plug numbers into a formula. eg in a physics question I should be able to specify the answer as "1.44 MeV", and if a student submits "1.44" or "1.44 KeV" it should be marked incorrect.

alexking · ‎04-25-2018

Ideally you should be able to simply type the desired unit into a text box (the same way you do for entering formulas in a formula question). This way you could define multiple acceptable units, eg: meter, metre, m

alexking · ‎04-25-2018

I put a similar idea up and was directed to move my comment over to this idea thread. Answers should be have the option to be in scientific notation format with a user-defined number of significant digits, not just 4 digit decimal. This is a huge problem in running chemistry or physics courses that can have very large or very small values. eg currently in a chemistry equation generating solutions gives 80% with the final answer rounded to 0.0003, when in reality there is a world of difference between 0.000266 and 0.000341. It would be preferable to have the students submit the answer "2.66E-4" or "2.66*10^-4"

alexking · ‎04-22-2018

Thanks for the reply nikkimalatin‌. I've been a bit busy lately and forgot about this thread, but as @stuart_ryan ‌ suggested up thread I have made a post in the ideas forum for people to vote on. Here is the link if you are interested in letting the developers know this feature is important to you https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/11410-expanding-calculated-formula-options

alexking · ‎02-25-2018

Thank's for the reply @stuart_ryan , I'll put it up as a feature idea when I find some time this week.

alexking · ‎01-22-2018

Thanks for sharing @kenneth_rogers , much appreciated. I've joined the groups you've mentioned. And thanks for the welcome and your reply

alexking · ‎01-21-2018

Hi all, I'm currently working on a chemistry course in canvas (migrating from blackboard), and I've hit a bit of a roadblock on Formula type quiz questions. I need students to calculate solubility from an equation, however the Canvas platform only allows up to 4 decimal places in the answer. This is not precise enough for my needs, as I'm dealing with extremely small values and need 5 digit (preferably 6/7 digit) precision. Generating solutions gives 80% with the final answer rounded to 0.0003, when in reality there is a world of difference between 0.000266 and 0.000341 The best solution for me would be to be able to set answers as scientific notation with a certain number of significant figures, rather than a certain number of decimal places. That would cover a better range of answers if I have very wide swing in my input variables. Is there a workaround or solution for this issue? Thanks

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